I think Drive-In Saturday was the song that changed from a casual Bowie fan who only owned a greatest hits album to a fan who seeks out all of his albums. The first time I heard it I was like whoa I need to check out what else this guy has done.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
Drive In my number 2. Love sad sci fi Bowie best of all.
― woof, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
Drive-In Saturday is my favorite song of Aladdin Sane. Love his vocals.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
I love how Bowie also appears with a clipboard as the supervisor in the let's dance video for a .5 second appearance. It's so unnecessary.
(My wife and I watching this video recently.)
ME: "Hey! This video was filmed in Sydney!"SS: *pause* "So you caught on to that, did you?"
― pplains, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, feeling like "Let's Dance" should have made my ballot. Out-thought myself on that one I think.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
the "Let's Dance" video is better art than the song imo. I'm a sucker for Buñuel adapted for Aussie ends.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
26. "Quicksand" (from Hunky Dory) - 451 points/19 votes/0 first-place votes
http://youtu.be/nrptumUcv8E
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
ooh, didn't expect this one
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Think my attitude on Let's Dance changed from merely liking the song (as a radio single) to loving it after actually dancing to it (on a crowded dancefloor) with a hot girl I was lusting after.
― Spectrist, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Pour me out another phoneI'll ring and see if your friends are homePerhaps the strange ones in the domeCan lend us a book we can read up aloneAnd try to get it on like once beforeWhen people stared in Jagger's eyes and scoredLike the video films we saw
poss. my favourite Bowie lyric. But what are these "video films" of which you speak?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to do this results stuff and anything else is tricky! Post a result; wash the dishes; post a result; prep the chicken; post a result; mix the marinade; post a result; put the chicken in the marinade; post a result; make some lunch.
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
Don't forget to eat the chicken. That's the key, I find.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
"Quicksand" first of mine to place in quite a while. It's possible I heard the J. Mascis cover before the original, but regardless I love this song, such a strange feel to it.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
That's going on the grill this evening, awwwyeah. xp
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Wish Bowie had done a couple D&D modules, or maybe Gamma World.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
This was my 21st, replaced at the last minute by Bewlay Brothers.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Top 5 prediction:
HeroesAshes to AshesSound and VisionLife on MarsStation To Station
Space Oddity instead of Sound and Vision and that's probably it
same here. it happened the night before I sent my ballot (which now had Let's Dance as an honorable number 20)
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
I just checked back in on this thread after eating dinner, so I'm late with this, but 'Rock'N'Roll Suicide' was my #1 selection. As a kid I was familiar with DB's early/mid 80's SM/LD/Labyrinth/etc. period, but I didn't know about anything before. Then by chance I heard R'n'RS and was like "WTF was THAT?!?!". The DJ back-announced the title of the track, and the next day I went to the record store to pick up a copy of whatever album it was the track appeared on (ZS of course). I'd been a massive Hendrix fan but pretty much knocked that on the head and started buying all the DB stuff I could get my hands on.
― c'est ne pas un car wash (snoball), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
Also now thinking about how Bowie fandom can lead to more sublime enjoyment of the Church, especially their lyrics.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
25. "Queen Bitch" (from Hunky Dory) - 467 points/21 votes/0 first-place votes
Album: http://youtu.be/S5P63qGTm_gThe Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972: http://youtu.be/O8oGyGo1q-k
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
OH YEAH
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago) link
I know it's kind of a stupid song but it's a really good one for strutting.
My #8!
― we can be gyros just for one day (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link
#10 for me
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
so glad "quicksand" made it, one of my very favorite bowie songs, though i ranked it too low on my ballot. "knowledge comes with death's release ah ah ah ah..."
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Also now thinking about how Bowie fandom can lead to more sublime enjoyment of the Church, especially their lyrics.totally
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno why this has happened to me :(
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
*HASN'T
QB just missed out on mine.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, very high for me, #3. One of those songs that I know is not near an artist's best, but I enjoy it out of all proportion to it's "quality": I just fucking love it to death and never get bored of it. My favority of Bowie's attitude-over-artistry anthems, though there is one yet to place that I traded back and forth with in this slot for a bit.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Queen Bitch that is.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Bowie has a power to resist terrible, terrible puns that Kilbey totally lacks. I love him for it, but I've seen it make people physically cringe.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I tried to find the photo of him drawing that. It's in one of the ryko booklets. There's one of him standing up and drawing it and one in which he sits on the floor, one arm supporting his upper body, the other drawing. Maybe it's the back cover for Station to Station ryko release?― willem, Wednesday, March 7, 2012
You can see him drawing something with his cane while chatting during his Dick Cavett interview, Dick asks him what he is doing, awkward silence if I remember
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
*grumble* "Queen Bitch" and "Quicksand" were my #2 and #3.
― an elk hunt (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Love the line "There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all".
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
"Quicksand" wallows so well in it's self-reflection. Really a great melancholic rundown of crippling self-absorption and being unable to get out of one's own head.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
xp - my baseline for unfathomably bad puns is "my heart could use some glasses" so i realize that is a pretty low benchmark
i like "my stomach feels small"
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
"Quicksand" was my #7, so yeah, my #3 and #7 seemed destined for more love.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
both in my top ten
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
OK, listening to Heathen[i] on Spotify right now - wasn't impressed with the other late records, including [i]Outside, but this one's actually not bad. A little too matoor in places, and fuck does he sound old, but there are some really nice tunes - and keep-up-with-the-times production kitsch of the sort that mired his 90s records is mostly absent. So Christgau was off about this one after all.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
24. "Modern Love" (from Let's Dance) - 476 points/23 votes/0 first-place votes
Official video: http://youtu.be/1hDbpF4MvkwAt Live Aid, 1985: http://youtu.be/xJxOL_eFGEk
― Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
!!! one of my favorite dancing songs OF ALL TIME !!!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Stoked to see Quicksand place, was my #10 or 11.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
I'm glad Modern Love made it so high. I didn't vote for it but probably should have.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
Same here, in fact this is true of a few of today's results. Love the intro so much.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
I thought "Queen Bitch" would be top 5 or 10. It was actually the Wes Anderson film that got me to love it (I know that would be appalling to longtime Bowie fans).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
"Modern Love" had grown for me over time to be a real joy whenever I hear it. Disliked it as a kid, and it just kept inserting itself into my life over time. Realise now that it is kind of a juggernaut. Great build, cool structure to the song (it just seems like it could go on forever, still not sure when choruses are gonna start and end in this song). Plus, the beat and the sax rule.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
"modern love" placing above "let's dance" bothers me for some reason, but i love em both, so fair play
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
that's appalling to anyone;)
I just don't know of a better intro to a song than "I know when to go out. I know when to stay in, get things done." It's a portrait of someone who knows how to HAVE FUN but is also RESPONSIBLE, ie the perfect person. The perfect song.
Let's Dance is smuttyModern Love is sweet/fun
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Modern Love >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's Dance, and I like the latter just fine.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link